The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places From Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley (52 page)

of Americans,
94
–95

Athens and,
62
,
75
,
120

Barker and,
131
,
133
–34,
301

China and,
67
,
90
,
94
–95

Church and,
105
,
113

compensatory genius and,
162
–63

competition and,
123
–25

defining genius and,
2
,
17

Florence and,
97
–100,
102
–4,
107
,
109
,
113
,
118
–21,
123
–25,
129
–30,
133
–38,
301
,
314

Greece and,
18
,
35
,
51

Hangzhou and,
66
,
75
,
78

homospacial thinking and,
165
–66

India and,
213
,
289

Klimt and,
252
–53,
283

Martinez and,
99
–101,
109

Medicis and,
102
–5

Michelangelo and,
122
,
231

and motivation for creativity,
25
–26

Renaissance and,
97
–98,
102
–4,
107
,
112
–13,
116
–17,
119
–22,
134
–35,
138
,
314

sensitive,
232
,
236

starving,
46
,
103
–4

Su and,
74
,
77

Tagore and,
198
–99

Verrocchio and,
107
,
109
,
112
–14

Vienna and,
218
,
226
,
252
–54,
257
,
279
,
283
–84

Asiatic Society,
192

Aspasia,
36
,
123

astronomy,
67
,
79
,
181

Athens,
15
–17,
19
–34,
43
–63,
80
,
116
–17,
136
,
156
–57,
166
,
175
,
179
,
190
,
194
,
214
,
265
,
268
,
295
,
318
–19,
323
–26

agora of,
22
,
27
–28,
31
–32,
58
,
69
,
193
,
325

alcohol and,
38
,
40
,
52

Brady and,
37
,
40
–41,
43
–46,
282

and burdens of history,
48
–49

cafés in,
16
–17,
19
,
37
,
40
–41,
43

Calcutta and,
10
,
193
,
211

chaos and instability in,
24
,
31
,
69
,
128
,
130

civic life in,
26
–27,
62

competition in,
25
–26,
60

creativity and,
86
–87,
220
,
288

cuisine of,
46
–49,
61
–63,
143
,
316

demise of,
62
–63,
251
,
315
–16

Disneyfication of,
59
,
61

Edinburgh and,
153
,
170
,
182

exiles from,
53
,
59
–60

finances in,
28
–29,
63

Florence and,
8
,
20
,
98
,
130
,
133
,
135
,
137
–38

genius clusters in,
8
–9

Hangzhou and,
66
,
69
–70,
73
,
75

internationalism of,
53
–56,
62
–63,
69
,
220

language and,
52
,
87

light in,
40
,
299

modern vs. ancient,
9
,
27

museums in,
41
,
58
–59

realizing specialness of,
43
–44

Renaissance and,
117
,
120

Silicon Valley and,
288
–89,
305
,
307
,
312
,
314
–16

Socrates and,
9
,
19
–20,
23
,
31
–34,
36
–38,
40
,
46
,
51
,
61
–62,
98
,
170
,
276
,
316

symposia in,
38
,
40
,
55
,
173
,
212

Vienna and,
220
,
251
,
279

women in,
36
,
54
,
123

Auden, W. H.,
116
,
249

audio oscillators,
290
,
293

Austria,
19
,
240
,
256
,
258
,
284

Friederike and,
232
,
234
–35

Jews in,
263
,
278

Axial Age,
34

Babylon,
34
,
54
,
181

Bach, Johann Sebastian,
18
,
54
,
57
,
76
,
226
,
281

backtracking,
179
,
271

Bambi
(Salten),
272
–73

Bargello Museum,
99
,
120

Barker, Sheila,
131
–35,
296
,
301

bars,
108
,
254

Edinburgh and,
150
–51,
155
–60,
181

Scotland and,
171
,
175
,
177
,
179

Basu, Chitralekha,
193

Battle of Anghiari
(Leonardo),
125

Baudelaire, Charles,
225

Baxter, Stephen,
174

Bay of Pigs invasion,
170

beauty,
4
,
33
,
86
,
123
,
164
,
200
–201,
214
–15,
225
,
249
,
300
,
312
,
316